Lamp mounting for bowling alleys



April 18, 1933. A, soLvU-M 1,904,016

LAMP MOUNTING FOR BOWLING ALLEYS Filed Deo. 28, 1931 Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITED STATES AxsEL soLUM, or LANoAsmnn, NEW YORK LAMP MOUNTING Fon noWLINGAnLYs Application med necemberas, i931. j seriai No. 583,478. i

This invention relates to improvements in lighting devices or lamp mountings designed particularly for use on bowling alleys. i

One of its objects is to provide a novel mounting for the pit and foul light of bowling alleys which can be readily shifted out of the way, without disturbing or doing injury to the electrical connections, when it is desired to clean or resurface the alleys. Y

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of a lamp mounting of this character, which is simple and inexpensive in construction, which may be readily installed, and which is so designed that one unit mounting serves two `adjoining alleys.

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a cross section taken through a pair of alleys showing my improved lamp mounting applied thereto. Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, the sub-flooring and stringers of the alleys being shown in section. Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section taken substantially in the plane of line 3--3, Figure 2. Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the lamp-carrying frame or yoke in its inoperative position or one parallel to the alleys.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In bowling alleys it is customary and dev facing of the alleys or effect repairs, unless the pipe is either bent or disconnected from its support, which entails considerable time and often results in breakage of the pipe and connections.

the objections existing in the present lamp mounting by providing a swinging lighting xture which serves two adjoining alleys and which normally is disposed crosswise thereof, the same being readily shifted parallel to the alleys where it is out of the way to conven- 'f urev 1.

standard isla horizontally vswinging lamp-3.85

Furthermore, one of these Y lamps is individually associated with each alley. In my invention, I aim to eliminate iently effecty repairs tothe pin-setting mechanism' or forrenishi'ng' the bed of the alleys.

Referring nowto the drawing,"10indi v catesthe alleyiloed7 11eme gutters, 12 the Sub o'mg `2191113 andll ther'leveling strips and 55 blocks, respectively, which are arranged between the sub-fiooring and the' alleyebe'd. Disposed lengthwise between theI gutters of adjoining 'alleys' is' thel customary division wall or strip 15 which termlnates at its rear "60 end in the side board 16. Y

Mounted on the division wall'15 forwardly wofthe side boards 16' is my improved lamp mounting which serves to illuminatethe ad-r n joining alleys-on either side of thefdivision65 fwall. and which may be readily shifted from its normal operative position at right angles to such wall-to a positionparallel therewith, wherein the lamps aredisposed.- clear `of the alleys Vand substantially in the plane .of the 70 division wall to permit cleaning or resurfacing of the alleys as well as other repairs in that locality without interference from the lamps and its supportingistructure ori mounting. This mounting ispreferablyconstructed'375 as follows: v, Disposed crosswisebelowthe division wall 15A and securedto .the sub-flooring 12in the space. between adjoiningleveling strips is :a

T-fitting or pipe connection 17 `to which is'fSO `connecteda pipeor hollow standard 18 arising therefrom and fextendingjthrough an. opening in the'divi'sion wall, as seen. in Fig- Appliedfto the upper end lof this frame consisting of a yoke or Yeiitting 19 from 'which radiate oppositely 'extending pipes or .conduits 20 which, in the 4normal .posit-ion of thedevica; overhang the adjoin-w-` ingalleys inthe manner shown in Figure '1, '90 and which. areprovidezd. at their, outer -or free ends with a combinationlighting iixture '21 containing electric'la'mps, not showmwhi'ch serve-,to illuminate the pins `on the` alley as well as indicate when a Vfoul hasbeen' made 95 by the bowler. The numeral 22: indicates a flexible-'cable containing wiresQ-leading `to the* lamps contained inthe. lighting A fixture 2l, this cable extending through the standard 18 and the pipelfit-ting 17, from which it iso@ and complementary means on said standard and said frame for holding the latter against v directed to the source of current supply. This cable preferably extends transversely beneath the alleys and its wires are connected to the several lamp fixtures associated with the group of alleys.

To permit of readily shifting the lampcarrying yoke to a position crosswise of or parallel tothe alleys 10, I preferably pro- Vide a telescopically arranged sleeve or pipe section 24: which may be securedto the upper end of the standard 18 and which Yprojects a suitable distance upwardly therefrom, the lower end of the Y-litting 19 being loosely fitted over the sleeve ,so asA to be free to turn thereon. For the purpose of holding the Y'- fitting in a set position, I provide its lower -edge with a. tooth or projection 25- which in the. crosswise or operative position of the lamps is adapted to interlock with a. corresponding notch 26 formed in the upper edge Vof the standard 18. In the inoperative position of the lamp mounting, wherein the same is disposed parallel to the alleys, the tooth 25 is adapted to engage a recess or notch 27 likewise formed in the upper edge of the standard 18 at substantially 90 degrees from the companion notch 26. n

Whilemanifestly simple and compact in construction, this improved lamp mounting for bowling alleys is easy to install, it can be readily turned to an operative or inoperative position, and it serves to yilluminate two adjoining alleys, thereby eectually eliminating the objections encountered in the present mountings employed for illuminating the alleys.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with theV sub-flooring and division wall of adjoining bowling alleys, of a tubular base member secured toV the sub-flooring beneath said division wall, a standard rising from said basemember above the division wall, anda lampsbe'aring frame Y mounted on the upper end of said standard for movement about the axis vthereof to a'ssume a position at right angles to the division wall in overhanging relation to the alleys or a position in line with said division wall.

2. The combination with a pair of bowling alleys'and the longitudinal division strip between the gutters thereof, of a standard rising from said division strip, a lamp-bearing frame mounted on said standard for horizontally-swinging movement about the axis thereof, said frame including oppositelyextending. lamp supports adapted to assume an operative position at right angles to the division strip in overhanging relation to the alleys or .an inoperative position in line with the divislon strip and parallel to lthe alleys,

displacement in eitherof said positions.

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